Harvey Milk Boulevard? Salt Lake City may name street after gay rights pioneer
Salt Lake City could soon have a street named after the pioneering gay rights leader Harvey Milk, an idea that reflects the progressive bent of the city that is home to the Mormon church and capital of a conservative state.
City officials say they have been working with LGBT leaders on the initiative, which would place Harvey Milk Boulevard near thoroughfares named for civil rights icons such as Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez.
If approved, the name would go on 900 South, about a mile and half from the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Temple Square was the site of protests in 2008, after the Mormon church supported efforts to pass a short-lived gay marriage ban in California.
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